On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Glen O'Neal wrote: > yourself in sharing your art. I would like to ask something and please try > ever so much to leave humility aside for a brief moment and talk about your
I'm not sure if I'm ever humble... ;) > current vocation and your involvement in photography. Are you a photographer > by trade or do you have another vocation and what kind of photography are > you into and why? Perhaps mention where you live. I'm a sysadmin for an ISP in Pennsylvania which shall remain nameless. I curse my job and my managment every chance I get, and I regret having to show up every morning.. I'm not a professional photographer, and I've sworn I never will be (I used to love working with computers, until it became my job: I'll never ruin another hobby again). I actually live in Bethlehem, PA, which is next to Allentown (who's name has been immortalized in that rather poor Billy Joel song, and the song itself is actually about Bethlehem). Photography is clearly my form of escape, and while I'm not very good, I think sometimes I get something pretty darned right. I've also noticed that with each day, my photography gets a little more basic, with the cameras becoming stripped down more and more (I now love my 4x5 pacemaker, and use it at every possible chance, and adore the complete lack of automation it comes with!). When it comes to the photos themselves, I've noticed that almost everything I feel comes out best seems to evoke loneliness or some other similar emotion. I'm OK with that. I love taking photos of people, but I'm never, ever, happy with my results. I also wish I had some sweeping landscapes here in PA, but that's not really happening either. I'd really like to put the darkroom together, but its on hold with lack of equipment and even if it gets here, I'll never have the drive to do the physical labour to ready the space. So, in the last few days I've posted how I got started in photography, with Pentax, and who I am? What's left? Oh, my shoe size is 14. That's it! Now you know EVERYTHING! :) (seriously, if anyone really cares about me, my ego-driven website is below, and has a fascinating FAQ all about me!) (well, I think its fascinating) (but then, I wrote it) (about me) (so its bound to fascinate me) (still reading?) (i'm hungry) (brought no lunch) (sigh...) -- http://www.infotainment.org "The destructive character is cheerful." - Walter Benjamin
